.@BorisJohnson: I hope that this is the moment when we can finally achieve that resolution and reconcile the instincts that compete within us
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: It's because we are capable of feeling both things at once, sceptical about the needs of EU integration but passionate and enthusiastic about Europe, that the whole experience of the last 3 and half years has been so difficult for this country and so divisive
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: That is why it is now so urgent for us to move on, and to build a new relationship with our friends in the EU, on the basis of a new deal.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: A deal that can heal the rift in British politics, unite the warring instincts in us all and now is the time for this great House of Commons to come together and bring the country together today. As I believe people at home are hoping and expecting
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: With a new way forward, and a new and better deal, both for Britain and for our friends in the EU. That is the advantage of the agreement that we have struck with our friends in the last few days.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: This deal allows the UK, whole and entire, to leave the EU on October 31 in accordance with the referendum, while simultaneously, looking forward to a new partnership based on the closest ties of friendship and cooperation
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: I pay tribute to our European friends for escaping the prison of existing positions, and showing the vision to be flexible by reopening the withdrawal agreement. And thereby addressing the deeply felt concerns of many in this House.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: Today, this House has a historic opportunity to show the same breadth of vision as our European neighbours, the same ability, resolve to reach beyond past disagreements, by getting Brexit done and moving this country forward as we all yearn to do.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: This agreement provides for a real Brexit, taking back control of our borders, laws, money, farming, fisheries and trade. Amounting to the single greatest restoration of national sovereignty in parliamentary history.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: It removes the backstop, which would have held as against our will in the customs union and much of the single market.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: For the first time in almost five decades, the UK will be able to strike free-trade deals with our friends across the world to benefit the whole country, including Northern Ireland.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: Our negotiations are focused on the uniquely sensitive nature of the border between NI and the Republic, and we have respected those sensitivities. Above all, we and our European friends have preserved the letter and the spirit of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: Our agreement assures unfettered access, market access, for goods moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the United Kingdom's internal market.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: It ensures that there should be no tariff on goods circulating within the UK customs territory, that includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland, unless they are at risk of entering the EU
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: It ensures an open border on the island of Ireland, a common objective of everyone in this House. And it ensures for those living and working alongside the border, there will be no visible or practical changes to their lives, they can carry on as before.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: It is precisely to ensure that those arrangements are acceptable to the people of Northern Ireland, that we have made consent a fundamental element of this new deal.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: So no arrangements can be imposed on Northern Ireland if they do not work for Northern Ireland. The people of Northern Ireland will have the right, under this agreement, to express or withhold their consent to these provisions.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: As soon as this House allows the process of extracting ourselves from the EU to be completed, the exciting enterprise of building a new relationship with our friends can begin. Which has been too long delayed.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: I do not wish this project to be the project of any one Government or any one party, but at the endeavour of the United Kingdom as a whole. Only this Parliament can make this new relationship the work of the nation.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: I will ensure that a broad and open process draws upon the wealth of expertise in every part of this House, every party who wishes to contribute will be invited to do so, and we shall start by debating the mandates for our negotiators in the next phase.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: I have complete faith in this House to choose regulations that are in our best tradition, the highest standards, our best tradition of the highest standards of environmental protections and workers' right's.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: And seizing the opportunities of our new freedoms, for example, free from the Common Agricultural Policy, we will have a far simpler system where we will reward farmers for improving our environment.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: And free from the Commons Fisheries Policy, we can ensure sustainable yields based on the latest science, not outdated methods of setting quotas.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: And our first decision, on which I believe there will be unanimity, is that in any future trade negotiations, with any country, our NHS will not be on the table.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: I am convinced that an overwhelming majority in this House, regardless of our personal views wishes to see Brexit delivered in accordance with the referendum. A majority. And in this crucial mission, there can no longer be any argument for further delay.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: Let us come together to get behind this deal, the one proposition that fulfils the verdict of the majority, but also allows us to bring together the two halves of our hearts, to bring together the two halves of our nation.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: Let us speak now for the 52 and the 48, let's go for a deal that will heal this country and allow us all to express our legitimate desires for the deepest possible friendship and partnership with our neighbours.
@BorisJohnson .@BorisJohnson: A deal that allows us to create a shared destiny with them, a deal that allows us to express our confidence in our own democratic institutions to make our own laws, to determine our own future
